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charlie musselwhite and friends with the delta hardware new zealand tour
THE ROOM FULL OF BLUES TOUR
American Award Winning Blues Legend CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE toured New Zealand with his own American musicians and special Guests New Zealand's Own Blues Masters MIDGE MARSDEN and BULLFROG RATA
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This was Charlie Musselwhite’s third visit to New Zealand and each time his fan base rapidly increased.
From north to south Charlie Musselwhite thrilled his audiences and loved New Zealand.
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Although this was his first tour with his own musicians that constantly tour the globe with his sell-out concerts, New Zealand was selected to launch his lastest CD recording "Delta Hardware."
Also at the request of Charlie two of our country’s Blues icons Midge Marsden & Bullfrog rata joined the tour to complete The Room Full of Blues concept.
The legendary Blues harmonica player, vocalist and, more recently, acoustic guitarist is a multiple Grammy nominee and perennial W. C. Handy Award winner. Charlie has performed and recorded with Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, INXS, John Lee Hooker, Eliades Ochoa (Buena Vista Social Club), The Blind Boys of Alabama and many more.
Musselwhite incorporates a lifetime of musical experience, from his early Mississippi Delta days to his immersion in Chicago urban blues and beyond, into this new and powerful batch of hard-rocking blues. Charlie, “the world’s greatest living blues harmonica player” (New York Press) has been busy the last couple of years performing and/or recording with everyone from Ben Harper to the Blind Boys of Alabama, the North Mississippi Allstars to G. Love, and many others.
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Charlie Musselwhite's
DELTA HARDWARE CD RECORDING
- Church Is Out
- One Of These Mornings
- Sundown
- Black Water
- Clarksdale Boogie
- Just A Feeling
- Gone Too Long
- Invisible Ones
- Town To Town
- Blues for Yesterday
Backed by his touring band, Musselwhite, now based in Sonoma County, California, lends his guitar skills to one track on DELTA HARDWARE and otherwise just goes stompin, blowin' and shouting his way through the album's 10 tracks. The album walks the line between rock and electric country blues, sometimes playing it straight, sometimes taking new turns. On Clarksdale Boogie, he offers up a virtual mantra for his life behind his first-ever use of a drum and bass loop: "Meet me where they play good blues." The crowd noise in this track is sampled from a night at Red's juke joint in Clarksdale.
Over the years, Musselwhite has released dozens of albums and has contributed to countless others including guesting on Bonnie Raitt's Grammy® award-winning Longing In Their Hearts, The Blind Boys of Alabama's Grammy-winning SPIRIT OF THE CENTURY, Tom Waits' MULE VARIATIONS and even playing the driving harmonica on INXS' SUICIDE BLONDE. He was the longtime compadre and musical partner to his friend John Lee Hooker. His recent tour and recording sessions with Ben Harper have led to live and studio tracks featuring Charlie on the limited edition bonus disc of Ben's soon-to-be released BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN.
Musical institutions have honored Musselwhite, too. With 18 W.C. Handy awards to his credit and 6 Grammy nominations, he is firmly entrenched in musical history. Musselwhite has also been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Monterey Blues Festival and the San Javier Jazz Festival in Spain and the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. Perhaps most meaningful to him personally, in 1987, he conquered a long-running battle with alcoholism.
Musselwhite's version of the blues ventures far beyond conventional honky-tonk — though the Harley Davidsons lined up outside Musselwhite's gigs testify that Musselwhite has what it takes to rock the house. Musselwhite himself is simply interested in music with feeling — as he puts it, "music from the heart": "For me, it's about the feeling, and connecting with people. And blues, if it's real blues, is loaded with feeling. And it ain't about technique either, it's about truth, connecting to the truth and communicating with people."
That connection has been particularly strong with his fans from the start. "I've had Vietnam vets tell me that my music was important to them while they were in Vietnam. I've had people who've had problems with alcohol talk to me about quitting, and tell me that I inspired them to quit, I've had couples tell me that they met at one of my shows and got married years after."
With DELTA HARDWARE, Musselwhite says simply, "I'm keepin' it real. For the listener, I hope it's like a journey, I hope each tune takes 'em to another little place, and I hope at the end they're glad they went."
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